Starting out small you could go with a small GA airfield. I suggest 1 runway dual-use and 10 stands for starters. Hire the CFO as he cuts the tax losses you will have. You could go and expand with services, that will earn you larger amounts of cash at the beginning and still are useful in the mid-game. AVGas 100LL services is such a thing and with a parking lot near the stands 1 or 2 Fjord fuel trucks will cope with the needs of the GA. I suggest lowering the fuel price by one dot. It will lead to GA being more content and more flights. You still will make money with fuel sales and the bit cash lost is gained within one single flight more. With our new turnaround upgrade you might think about de-icing services as GA uses them as well, so they will get more profitable. If you want to expand to CA business, go baby-teps first to get a feeling for personal needs. A minimalistic Terminal building with 1 check-in desk, a small security desk and two small boarding desks will keep personal needs low but can help you operate 2 CA stands near the terminals. Very small restroom is enough. You might want to open up Jet A1 services as well at this point and enable night-flights to keep your CA stands under steam the whole time. Subscribe to 1 or 2 airlines and take your time looking at their fleet - like Havanna Air. You might want the bigger ‘small’ planes. More passengers - more handling fees. Even charge toilets for 1$ - everything will help. Then expand slowly adding more stands and desks one at a time. You will see the point where the critical mass is needed to open up another runway to seperate arrivals and departures. Should work. Has worked for me before like here: From GA airport to commercial - MGL Airport
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